According to the report in the “Catalogue of Meteorites”, “A single mass of
25.628 kg. was found in use as a door-stop in the county jail in Beaver. It
had been there for about 40 years.” Jim Westcott of Sedona, Arizona, who
prepared the meteorite and initially distributed the slices, reports “it was
found by a farmer, who struck it with his plow for eight consecutive years
before he dug it up and took it to the house. When the county sheriff saw
and hefted this heavy rock he asked to borrow it. The Beaver meteorite went
to work in the county jail as a doorstop. It was recognized as a meteorite
on October 13, 1981, at which time it was relieved from its law enforcement
duties”. The accompanying black & white photograph shows the complete
Beaver meteorite before it was cut.

This full slice has 100% fusion crust around the perimeter. There are some
minor, discontinuous, natural hairline cracks in the slice, but it is very
solid and exhibits a huge quantity of pinpoints of fresh metal scattered
over both cut surfaces of the slice. Both sides of the slice have been
professionally lapped and polished.